THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES

TRIBAL BUSINESS COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING

09-53-VJB

October 30, 2009, 9:00 A.M.

I.            CALL TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order at 11:45 A.M.

This is meeting #167 of the Levings administration.

 

II.         PRAYER:

Chairman Marcus Levings.

 

III.       ROLL CALL:

Councilman Arnold Strahs, Councilman Scott Eagle, Chairman Marcus Levings, Councilman Mervin Packineau, and Councilwoman V. Judy Brugh are present.  A quorum is established.  For the record, Councilman Barry Benson and Councilman Frank Whitecalfe are not present.

 

IV.      APPROVAL OF AGENDA: 

Councilwoman Brugh moved to approve of the agenda, second by Councilman Eagle.

 

Discussion:               No discussion.

VOTE:                        5 Ayes 0 Nays Motion carried.

 

V.         Bond: Lenny Abrams/Whitney Bell

Councilman Eagle moved to approve to authorize the TAT CFO the Legal Accountant, and TAT Lead Legal to go with the $123.5 Million for the Bond Loan package, second by Councilman Packineau.

 

Discussion:               Breakdown: $45 Million Marshall Loan Refinancing, $5 Million Twin Buttes School, $12 Million Capitalized Interest, $5 Million Bond Cost, $15 Million Operating; $14 Million Deferred Revenue, $6.5 Million LSA Arbitration, and $21 Million 210 Home Initiative.  The $14 Million Deferred Revenue will be sought after to be returned to the Tribe through congress by the Chairman.  It is hoped to recoup the LSA Arbitration through another project (to be taken off the top of the future Twin Buttes Casino, if the decision is to complete it).   It would be an ownership and responsibility of that debt for the Twin Buttes Casino to pay back that debt just as the 4 Bears Casino and Lodge did with the $9.2 Million when Bruce Lien left the country.  This still stays in the debt that the 4 Bears Casino has, and is a part of that $45 Million.  So this isn’t the first time but doesn’t make it acceptable by any means.  In November 1994, Bruce Lien was going to leave the country, give us the keys, and a million dollars to boot; but 2 years later we paid them $9.2 Million and they won in arbitration. 

VOTE:                        5 Ayes 0 Nays Motion carried.

 

VI.      Small Loans: Lenny Abrams

Councilman Packineau moved to approve five loans for Onalea Johnson-Education, Sara Solis-Emergency Medical, Barnaby Romero-Emergency Medical, Annette Young Bird-Personal, Mitch Two Crow-Emergency homeless, subject to small loans policy and procedures.  The motion is second by Councilwoman Brugh.

 

Discussion:               Onalea Johnson and Sara Solis are old loans previously approved in a Tribal Business Council meeting and are just being ratified.  The other three are approved at $500 each. 

VOTE:                        5 Ayes 0 Nays Motion carried.

 

VII.          Public Defender: Damon Williams

Councilman Packineau moved to approve Benjamin J. Johnson as TAT Public Defender, second by Councilwoman Brugh.

 

Discussion:               This is for Adult and Juvenile in Tribal Court. 

VOTE:                        5 Ayes 0 Nays Motion carried.

 

VIII.       ADJOURNMENT:

Councilman Packineau moved to adjourn, second by Councilwoman Brugh.

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:20 P.M.

 

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned, as Secretary of the Tribal Business Council  of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, hereby certify that the Tribal Business Council is composed of  seven (7) members of whom  (5) constitute a quorum _____were present at the Meeting thereof duly called, notice, convened and held on the _____day of _______________, 2009; that the foregoing Minutes were amended and duly adopted at such meeting by the affirmative vote of _____ members; _____members opposed; _____members abstained; _____Members not voting.

 

Chairman ( ) Voting     ( ) Not Voting

 

Dated this _____day of _______________, 2009.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

______________________________                    ______________________________

Tribal Secretary, V. Judy Brugh                                                  Tribal Chairman, Marcus D. Levings

Tribal Business Council,                                                              Tribal Business Council,                           

Three Affiliated Tribes                                                                 Three Affiliated Tribes